Hubert van Eyck

…van Eyck and his brother Hubert van Eyck and was completed in 1432. It has been called “the first major oil painting” and is regarded as marking the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

…wholly questionable inscription that introduces Hubert van Eyck as its principal master. This has caused art historians to turn to less ambitious but more secure works to plot Jan’s development, including, most notably: the Portrait of a Young Man (Leal Souvenir) of 1432, Arnolfini Portrait (in full Portrait of Giovanni…

…Eyck—with help from his brother Hubert—completed his masterpiece, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, which was later put on display in St. Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. The enormous work—measuring approximately 14.5 by 11.5 feet (4.4 by 3.5 meters) and weighing more than two tons—features 12 interior panels that depict, in…